


The most prominent changes in the past decade include the occasional addition of GeezerFest, adding the hot dog and pie-eating competitions and 2020’s Summerfest Lite, a response to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual parade has grown and changed - including the 22-year run of the pageant light parade - with fireworks at the end and a host of other events. Orem’s summer celebration has changed frequently over its half-century in existence. “Since our city is the only city named Orem in the world, we feel pretty safe with the new name, but we’re going to trademark it just in case,” Wolfley said. The book follows their lives over six summers and one weekend, as they deal with loss, regret, and unresolved feelings. They become best friends and fall in love, but a mistake by Percy breaks them apart. The Orem City Council and Summerfest Committee considered several alternative names, including FamilyFest, before deciding to move forward with Oremfest. Every Summer After is a novel about Percy and Sam, who meet as teenagers when Percy’s family buys a cottage next to Sam’s house. The Milwaukee Summerfest group, though, first held its celebration in 1969. For those that need more time, you can refer to it as the event formerly known as Orem Summerfest.”Īccording to Peter Wolfley, city spokesperson, the city hoped to have a case to keep the name due to its 50-year use. “Many in the community already refer to this event as Oremfest, so it’ll be an easy switch for some. After considering all of our options, we landed on something so groundbreaking, so original, so revolutionary that no one’s ever though of it before,” City Council member Debby Lauret said in the video.

“We would either have to sign a licensing agreement or pick a different name for our summer event.
